Patti LuPone Quotes
I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.
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I am not interested in illustrating my time. A man’s 'time' limits him; it does not truly liberate him. Our age – it is of science – of mechanism – of power and death. I see no point in adding to its mammoth arrogance the compliment of graphic homage.
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Just because I might be bored doesn't mean I have to look boring. I'd rather look fabulous, like I'm having a great time.
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When you make the playoffs, it's like you've done your job for the team. I've got that moment in my mind all the time, and I want to be there again.
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I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
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I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?
